This is because women are more careful while driving than men, says Garima Bhatnagar, joint commissioner (traffic) to the paper.

And get this – only 44 women were booked last year for jumping a traffic signal as compared to 1,67,823 men who were fined for the same. According to the paper, only 514 women were among the 1,39,471 drivers who were caught speeding.

“While analysing trends, we found women, in general, are more careful while taking turns or at intersections where the maximum number of accidents takes place. This sort of road behaviour not only means women figure very low in the number of violations, but is also an example for all drivers,” said a traffic police officer to TOI.

However, while women are more careful drivers and tend to drive within speed limits, they were disproportionately bigger victims of accidents.

Traffic police figures indicate that 14 percent of those injured in accidents were female while 10 percent of the victims of fatal road accidents are also female.

"Delhi Police says the lower ratio of male drivers to female explains why the prosecution statistics are so biased towards males, with just one woman licence holder to every 71 men in the city. The total number of traffic fines issued in the capital in 2017 is also heavily skewed against men - of the 26 lakh challans, only 600 involved women," reports the paper.

Delhi: No woman fined for drunk driving in 2017, only one pulled up this yearDescription:Out of the 26 lakh challans issued for traffic violations in the national capital, only 600 of them were issued to women.Times Now